April is a month of renewal and a time when our area transitions from very busy roads and large numbers of visitors from the North, to a more manageable number of people in lines at the popular restaurants and post office. The opportunity is here, to venture out and experience some of what Naples has to offer, before the weather […]
As Southwest Florida’s home for the arts, it’s only fitting that the Naples Art Association (NAA) hosts the area’s most popular summer arts programming for kids and teens ages five to 17– ARTScool. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, ARTScool is so much more than the average arts-themed camp. It features a curriculum that offers project-based learning, incorporating math, […]
Mass shootings have troubled our country since Columbine in 1998. Our schools, workplaces, entertainment venues and places of worship have all been targeted by mentally or emotionally unstable individuals, who should never have had access to guns. Past wounds are reopened with each new tragedy, bringing new calls to “do something.” Everyone retreats to their ideological corners, talking points are tossed back […]
On the morning of April 13, 2018, a most unusual spring garden will burst into bloom on the beach at the Naples Pier. More than 1,500 sparkling blue and silver pinwheels will be “planted” in the sand; each one representing an abused or neglected child currently being served by the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collier County. April is National Child […]
The city council election is finished and we are ready to get to work. One incumbent, one former council member and one newcomer grabbed the honors. Linda Penniman, Gary Price, and Terry Hutchison were all sworn in on February 21, and will serve on council through February, 2022. I am constantly asked if I will run for a final term as […]
Naples Municipal Code section 36-93 is complicated, but generally states you cannot park on city easements, unless you fit under one of several very precise exceptions. The question has arisen how does an officer know there is a violation if he doesn’t know whether the owner gave permission? The answer is that it should be presumed there is a violation, which like any […]
VARIABLE ANNUITIES When you purchase a variable annuity, the insurance company adds your money to a professionally managed pool where you and your advisor can purchase stocks, bonds and other investments from premier money management companies like Vanguard, T Rowe Price, and Fidelity just to name a few. The value of the portfolio fluctuates with the markets. The reason people […]
by Laurel Meny Home to the largest selection of locally owned restaurants, boutiques, and entertainment options in Southwest Florida, there is no shortage of business owners who have a story of starting and managing a business along Fifth Avenue South. Interestingly enough, some of the Avenue’s most successful are female – and the three we […]
As one of the newest business owners on Fifth Avenue South, Kathleen McGowan and her daughter, Kayle Allen, opened The Spice & Tea Exchange in 2017. After serving as a reading teacher in Southwest Iowa, Kansas City, and Oklahoma “for too many years to count”, Kathleen officially relocated to Naples with Kayle’s family in2015. Kathleen […]
And, yet another mother daughter duo who call Fifth Avenue South home is Judy Collins and her daughter, Stacie Carroll. Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Judy owned and operated Peach Tree Designs, a retail home furnishings boutique, there for over 30 years. After relocating to Naples in 1997, Judy and Stacie opened a store on […]